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old wives' tale
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a false idea or belief the belief that going outside with wet hair will cause you to catch cold is just an old wives' tale Synonyms of old wives' tale delusion, error, falsehood, falsity, hallucination, illusion, misbelief, misconception, myth, fallacy, untruthWords Related to old wives' tale factoid; superstition; fiction, pretense (or pretence); distortion, inaccuracy, misapprehension, miscomprehension, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misperception, misunderstanding; misinformation, misknowledge, misreport, misrepresentation, misstatement; sophism, sophistry; fib, half-truth, lie, story, taleAntonyms of old wives' tale truth, verity
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